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[Guest]

Sorry, I know this forum is about Front Page and my answer probably lies with
different software, but I don't know where else to ask.

I'm using Front Page to create a website for a colleague. She has created
her company logo using PowerPoint, and I was finally able to get this image
into Microsoft Picture It! and save it as a jpg, so that I could use it. Now,
she's asking for the background to be transparent. Is there software that can
do this? I have Adobe Illustrator, MS PictureIt!, paint, frontpage,
Dreamweaver, and access to Photoshop. I did ask this question in the
PowerPoint forum, but am asking here as well because one person said she was
only familiar with powerpoint.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Ronx]

Use Photoshop.
The image will have to be changed to a .gif - .jpg does not support
transparency. For best results start from PowerPoint, then copy and
paste into Photoshop. Converting a .jpg to a .gif will always lose
something in the translation.
Using a .gif may result in a loss of quality - .gif will only support
255 distinct colours including transparent, whereas a .jpg will
support the entire spectrum (as displayed on a PC).

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I will try this when I get to work.

Use Photoshop.
The image will have to be changed to a .gif - .jpg does not support
transparency. For best results start from PowerPoint, then copy and
paste into Photoshop. Converting a .jpg to a .gif will always lose
something in the translation.
Using a .gif may result in a loss of quality - .gif will only support
255 distinct colours including transparent, whereas a .jpg will
support the entire spectrum (as displayed on a PC).